USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

6 Responses to USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

1. wardlowe (UID# 5733) 0  0

   May 27, 2009 at 10:14 am

   Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, VA.
   Unit Cost: About $4.5 billion each.
   Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts.
   Length: 1,092 feet (332.85 meters).
   Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters)
   Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters).
   Displacement: Approximately 97,000 tons (87,996.9 metric tons) full load.
   Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour).
   Crew: Ship’s Company: 3,200 – Air Wing: 2,480.
   Armament: Two or three (depending on modification) NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: (3 on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and 4 on Vinson and later ships of the class.).
   Aircraft: 85.

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   • tiki-god (UID# 1) 0  0

     

     May 27, 2009 at 10:53 am

     you’re turning me on

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   • rebel4309 (UID# 9278) 0  0

     May 27, 2009 at 5:27 pm

     i am IN the Navy, and your rundown on the ship gave me a chub…

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2. mikestermike (UID# 4006) 0  0

   May 27, 2009 at 12:06 pm

   Good ol’ Chucky V

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3. mykyl (UID# 1557) 0  0

   May 27, 2009 at 5:36 pm

   4.5 acres of american sovereign territory.

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4. sylvanish (UID# 4787) 0  0

   May 27, 2009 at 11:36 pm

   Gustav Holst’s “Mars Bringer of War” always plays in my head when I see carriers and battleships.

   www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I

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